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A female shepherd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Examples
- September 2014, New York Film Festival to Revive Paul Grimault’s Animated Classic IndieWire the satirical The King And The Mockingbird follows a chimney sweep and shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king
- November 2014, It’s Taken Decades, But the Surreal Animated Film The King and the Mockingbird Is Finally Here Vulture The king is in love with a beautiful shepherdess in a painting on his wall, but she herself is in love with the handsome chimney sweep in the painting beside her.
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A large and deep armchair with a cushion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a woman shepherd
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sheepherder, shepherd, sheepman
From Middle English scheperdesse, shepperdesse; equivalent to shepherd + -ess.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
bareshë
— female shepherd
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Albanian:
blegë
— female shepherd
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Czech:
pastýřka
— female shepherd
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Dutch:
schapenhoedster
— female shepherd
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Dutch:
herderin
— female shepherd
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Dutch:
herderinnetje
— female shepherd
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Esperanto:
ŝafistino
— female shepherd
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French:
bergère
— female shepherd
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French:
pastourelle
— female shepherd
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German:
Hirtin
— female shepherd
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German:
Schäferin
— female shepherd
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German:
Schafhirtin
— female shepherd
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Greek:
ποιμενίδα
(poimenída)
— female shepherd
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Ancient Greek:
ποιμενίς
(poimenís)
— female shepherd
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Irish:
banaoire
— female shepherd
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Irish:
bantréadaí
— female shepherd
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Italian:
pastora
— female shepherd
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Italian:
pastrice
— female shepherd
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Latin:
pastrix
— female shepherd
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Latvian:
gane
— female shepherd
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Macedonian:
овчарка
(ovčarka)
— female shepherd
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Polish:
pasterka
— female shepherd
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Polish:
pastuszka
— female shepherd
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Portuguese:
pastora
— female shepherd
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Romanian:
ciobăniță
— female shepherd
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Romanian:
păstoriță
— female shepherd
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Russian:
пасту́шка
(pastúška)
— female shepherd
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Volapük:
jipigaledan
— female shepherd
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Yiddish:
פּאַסטושקע
(pastushke)
— female shepherd
